1654. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he will take to reduce the number of people in prison on short term sentences of less than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74551/25]
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829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a medical and special unit for mentally disordered challenging prisoners at Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63819/25]
830. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of sanctioned psychologist posts, by prison including the number of vacant posts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63820/25]
831. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners with serious mental illnesses held in the general population, who require psychiatric hospital care waiting for a bed, by prison, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63821/25]
943. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the status of a specific psychiatric service at Limerick prison; if a dedicated service will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63818/25]
367. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of immigration detainees held at Cloverhill Prison between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62426/25]
275. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drugs overdoses in the prison system, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54121/25]
276. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners held under Rule 62 and Rule 63 in the Prison Service by length of time, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54122/25]
277. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people sleeping on mattresses in prisons, broken down by prison, in tabular form, between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54123/25]
278. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug seizures smuggled into prisons between 2020 and 2025, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54124/25]
279. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners being treated for confirmed substance use disorders in Irish prisons between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/25]
441. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale for changing the kennelling requirement for prison service dogs to home-kennelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49712/25]
442. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that dog handlers who are not homeowners are being redeployed within the Prison Service due to being unable to fulfil the new requirement to home kennel the dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49713/25]
443. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is an appeals mechanism available to an individual employed within the Prison Service as a dog handler who has had to forfeit their position as a dog handler due to them not being able to kennel the dog at home as they not a homeowner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49714/25]